Places to visit Industry Sarthe

The site keeps the memory of a long-lasting rural industry. The forges of Cormorin, also known as the forges of Vibraye, were founded in the ^17th century in a region where there was sufficient wood production to feed the blast furnaces and the flow of the Braye, with its diversion canal, was sufficient to turn the wheels and produce hydraulic energy. From the ^17th century, the quality of the iron from the Champrond forges was renowned as far away as Paris. For 6 generations, until the ^19th century, the forge owners were all from the same family: the Desportes.